Rail anchor



May 1, 1934. G MOORE ET A1.

RAIL ANCHOR Filed May 1l, 1931 Patented May Llla RAIL ANCHOR George Loop Moore and .lames Robert Steele, Owego, N. Y.

Application May l1, 133i., Serial No. 536,508

l Claims.

Our invention relates to rail and particularly to one-piece anchors for resisting creeping of railroad rails in either direction oi tramo thereon.

One of the objects of our invention is to provide a one-piece rail anchor which grips the rail and cooperates with a member of the roadbed of a railway track structure to arrest the creeping oi the rail in either direction oi traic thereon.

Another object of our invention is to provide an anchor which is easily applied to a rail and which can be easily removed when occasion demands and reapplied to a rail without aiecting M the eliciency of the anchor.

The novel features of our invention will be more fully understood rom the following description and claims taken with the drawing in which Fig. 1 is a side view oi the anchor in its operative position on the rail.

Fig. 2 is an end view or" the anchor shown in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the anchor applied to a rail showing in broken lines the rst step in applying it.

Referring to the drawing, designates a rail, 16 a cross tie, 17 a tie plate and 18 our improved rail anchor.

The anchor 18 is preferably made from a uniform piece of metal and in the orm shown in the drawing and comprises an under rail portion 19, having at one end an upturned portion 2o, which is adapted to engage one flange of a rail base, and at the other end an upwardly and an inwardly directed portion 2l. A portion or the under rail portion 19 and the portion 21 form jaws 26 and 27 which are adapt-ed to grip the flange of the rail base opposite to the flange engaged by the toe engaging portion. The portion 2l terminates in a loop portion 22. Connected to the loop portion 22 is a downwardly projecting portion 23 which is adapted to enter an aperture or recess in a member or" the roadbed, such as the aperture 24 in the tie plate l'l; an aperture in the tie 'i5 or in any other Xed member ci' the roadbed.

The anchor is applied to a rail by placing the end 23 of the anchor in an aperture in the roadbed such as the aperture 24 in the tie plate 17,

as indicated in Fig. 3, and swinging the anchor o to the position indicated in broken lines. The anchor is then forced to its operative position on the rail by any suitable means, such as striking the anchor a blow at the point indicated by the arrow, whereby the anchor is swung around the pivot formed by the end 22 until the upturned toe portion passes beyond the nange of the rail, whereupon it will spring upwardly with its face engaging the edge of rail base harige as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3. The jaws 26 and 27 are now in gripping engagement with the other the rail base flange and therefore the eiectively grips the rail to retain the anchor against displacement with reference to the rail. As the anchor is held against displacement with respect to the roadbed due to the portion 23 entering an aperture therein the rail is prevented from creeping in either direction of traiiic. The under rail portion 19 or" the anchor is preferably in spaced relation with respect to the tie when the anchor is in its normal position.

The anchor is easily removed from the rail by striking a blow upon the upper face of the toe portion 20.

From the foregoing description it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that we have devised an improved one-piece two-way anchor which is easily applied to a rail and effectively grips same to check the creeping tendency of the rail in either direction of traic therecver, and which can be easily removed and reapplied to a rail without aliecting the efficiency of the anchor.

While we have shown our invention in but one form, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that it is not so limited, but is susceptible of various other changes and modifications without departing from the spirit thereof, and we desire, therefore, that only such limitations shall be placed thereupon as are disclosed by the prior art or as are specifically set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A rail anchor comprising an under rail portion, a toe portion, a jaw portion, and means integral with the outer end or" said jaw portion adapted to be pivotally mounted in an aperture in a member of a railroad roadbed, whereby longitudinal movement of the railroad rail is resisted in either direction when the anchor is in its operative position on the rail.

2. A rail anchor comprising an under rail portion, a toe portion, a jaw portion, and means integral with the outer end of said jaw portion adapted to be pivotally mounted in an aperture in a tie plate, whereby longitudinal movement of the railroad rail is resisted in either direction when the anchor in its operative position on the rail.

3. A two-way rail anchor comprising a member adapted to lie beneath a rail and in spaced relation to a railroad tie, a jaw connected to said member adapted to grip the upper and lower surface of a rail flange, and a member integral with the inner end of the upper jaw adapted to enter an aperture in a member of the roadbed, whereby longitudinal movement of the railroad rail is resisted in either direction when the anchor is in its operative position on the rail.

side of anchor 4. A rail anchor comprising a toe member to engage one flange of a rail base, a jaw member to grip the upper and lower surface of the opposite flange of the rail base, a connecting member for the toe member and one end of the jaw member, and a member extending laterally from the inner end of the upper jaw member having a downwardly extending portion to enter an aperture in a member of the railroad roadbed.

5. A rail anchor comprising a toe portion adapted to engage one flange of a rail base, an under rail portion connected to said toe portion, a jaw portion connected to said under rail portion and adapted to grip the upper and lower surface of the rail base flange opposite the toe engaging portion, an arcuate member connected to the jaw portion and a depending portion connected to said arcuate portion adapted to enter a recess in a member of a railroad road bed and out of gripping engagement with the edge of the base ange to resist the longitudinal creeping of the rail in either direction of traine thereon.

6. A rail anchor comprising an under rail portion, a toe portion, an upwardly and inwardly extending portion adapted to grip the upper face of one of the base flanges of a rail to retain the anchor in assembled relation with the rail and means comprising an extension formed on the inwardly extending portion constituting a downwardly projecting portion integral with the last mentioned portion adapted to enter an aperture in an element of the tie structure to resist the longitudinal creeping of the rail in either direction of trafc thereon.

7. A rail anchor comprising an under rail portion, a toe portion integral with one end of said under rail portion adapted to engage one side of the base flange of a rail and a. loop portion integral with the other end of said under rail portion adapted to engage the upper surface of the base flange and means integral with said loop portion adapted to enter a recess in a member of the roadbed, whereby longitudinal movement of the railroad rail is resisted in either direction when the anchor is in its operative position on the rail.

8. A one piece rail anchor comprising a jaw portion to grip the upper and lower surfaces of one flange of a rail base, a toe portion to grip the opposite flange of the rail base, an under rail portion connecting the aforementioned flange engaging portions, a portion to enter a recess of a member of the roadbed and an intermediate portion connecting the inner end of the upper jaw portion with the portion to enter the recess, said intermediate portion adapted in service, to be distorted upon the longitudinal movement of the rail in either direction of traic thereon.

9. A rail anchor comprising an under rail portion, an upwardly extending toe portion integral with one end of said under rail portion, adapted to grip the edge of one base flange of a rail, and an upwardly and inwardly extending portion integral with the other end of said under rail portion, a portion of said under rail portion and said inwardly extending portion comprising jaws adapted to grip the lower and upper surface of the opposite ange of the rail base, and together with said toe portion adapted to retain said anchor in gripping relation with said rail, and a curved portion integral with said inner end of the upper jaw having a down` wardly extending member adapted to engage a member of the roadbed to resist the longitudinal movement of the rail in either direction of travel thereon.

10. A rail anchor comprising an under rail portion, a toe portion at one end of said under rail portion, a jaw portion at the other end of said under rail portion and means integral with the outer end of said jaw portion adapted during assembly of the anchor with a track structure to enter an aperture in a member of a railroad roadbed prior to the assembly of the anchor to its operative position on the rail.

l1. A rail anchor comprising an under rail portion, a toe portion at one end of said under rail portion, a jaw portion at the other end of said under rail portion and means integral with the outer end of said jaw portion adapted to enter an aperture in a tie plate prior to applying the anchor to its operative position on the rail 12. In combination with a railway track structure, a rail, a support for said rail having an ap erture therein, a rail anchor adapted to resist the longitudinal creeping of the rail in either direction of traffic thereon, said anchor comprising an under rail portion, a toe portion integral with one end of said under rail portion gripping the base fiange on one side of the rail, a jaw portion having one end integral with the other end of said under rail portion and gripping the upper and lower surfaces of the base flange on the other side of the rail and a downwardly extending portion integral with the inner end of the said jaw portion, which grips the upper surface of the flange, terminating within the aperture in the rail support.

13. In combination with a railway track structure, a rail, a support for said rail having an aperture therein, a rail anchor to resist the longitudinal creeping of the rail in either direction of trafnc thereon, said anchor comprising an under rail portion, a toe portion integral with one end of the under rail portion engaging one flange of the rail base, a jaw portion integral with the other end of said under rail portion engaging the oppcsite flange of the rail base and a member integral with said jaw portion pivotally mounted within the aperture in the rail support.

14. A resilient rail anchor having a toe por tion adapted to grip one flange of a rail base when applied thereto, an under rail portion, jaw portions adapted to grip the lower and upper surfaces of the opposite rail base flange, an arcuate portion integral with inner end of the upper jaw and a depending member integral with the outer end of the arcuate portion to terminate in an aperture in a support for the rail to which the anchor is applied whereby in service the creeping of the rail in one direction tends to elongate the arcuate member and the creeping of the rail in the opposite direction tends to compress the arcuate member.

15. A rail anchor formed of a single bar of spring material comprising a toe portion adapted to grip the edge of one base flange and jaw por-- tions adapted to grip the upper and lower surface of the opposite base iiange of the rail and an extenslon formed on the upper jaw portion having a downwardly extending portion out of gripping engagement with the rail flange to enter a recess in a member of the roadbed of the railway track structure,

GEORGE LOOP MOORE. JAMES ROBERT STEELE. 

